Sunday, February 15, 2015

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

¡Hola mi Familia!

      So I don't have very much time today...me and sister hall went on a crazy city split while Sister Hoyos and Sister Dodson went to the temple with President Morgan. So this might be a little bit hectic but this week was seriously amazing so I hope I y'all can understand it all :)






      Last Wednesday after our amazing little spa day we got to go to a member dinner with Blanca, one of our Spanish members. She works at this amazing penthouse and it was so cool! Seriously incredible the places some people live in here AND we get to go to her house again on Valentine's Day which should be incredible. Oh and coming home we ran into YET ANOTHER TV show/ movie set. They're all over the place lately. 

      Thursday Sister Hoyos had her exit interview on Thursday which is so crazy! This cycle has FLOWN by. Transfer calls are this weekend and I should know who my new companion is....ahhhh. Anyway that was random

      Friday was the happiest day ever. Seriously it ended up being one of the best days so far and really not for any reason in particular! :) We got to have lunch with McCall Richardson who was in town which was incredible. It's seriously such a blessing to have lunch with people I know, and she brought the cutest valentines too! (Oh hey also shoutout to a few months back when my brother Matt and Madi came to visit....I'll include pics of both my visits) We also had an amazing lesson with the Paulinos (Gladys) and her member son was there which was really cool. Also Friday we got groceries delivered to us and we just had a really good day!! 

      Saturday was Sister Hoyos' bday! (Shout-out to Heather since it was her birthday too!) but we did a few fun things and I think it ended up being a great day for her! :) We got to go to the milk bar since it was her 21st birthday haha. One of our investigators Janice had us over for cake. One of our members sent us pizza (members have been sending us dinner quite a lot lately) we had martinelli's and it was awesome!! I have a ton of pictures I will send! 

      ONE OF OUR LESS ACTIVES MARIA GARCIA FINALLY CAME TO CHURCH SUNDAY. And she brought a non member that is now an investigator of the English sisters!!! It's so amazing. Also Sunday night we got surprised and Veena one of the English sisters more recent converts had this awesome surprise party for sister Hoyos birthday! It was a weekend of birthday fun for sure :) 
      Hey also! Tuesday I was on a split with our STL Sister Smith and it was a fantastic day! We went to the soup kitchen and met so many people, and really got to know the volunteers. We also got to go visit this less active older member and her nonmember son was there which was really cool. WE EVEN GAVE A BOOK OF MORMn TO A HOMELESS MAN THAT WAS READING THE BIBLE AND HE LOVED IT!! He started reading it right then. And we got to meet this adorable young single adult member Yobanna. We got to go to the relief society presidents house for dinner too! It was such a packed day but so fun and we just talked to so many people on the subway and everything. Super awesome day of missionary work!


    Well I'm near out of time and I want to send some pictures. But I just want you all to know that I love this work and I'm so I love with New York! It's incredible how quickly you come to love the people you serve! I'm loving learning how to listen to the spirit and really help me learn how to have my life be directed, it's an amazing learning opportunity that I will definitely be applying later on! Happy Valentines Day this weekend I love you all so much!! Can't wait to talk to you next week (not sure if pday will be on Wednesday or Friday because of transfers...) but I'll talk to you when I talk to you!!! 

xoxo
Hermana Smart 

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